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Which Famous Painting Reflects Your Inner Beauty?

Zoe Samuel

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About This Quiz

We have seen ourselves in art since the earliest forms of it. We think of cave paintings as the first attempts by humans to create art, but it's more likely that cave paintings are just the oldest art to survive. Still, art at the time was used to educate people, to teach skills like recognizing different kinds of animals, or to commemorate history and remember lost loved ones.

Art began to look backward in the Middle Ages, collecting techniques from the Greeks and Romans and putting them into religious art. The Mannerists took classical art in yet another direction, using the medium to distort forms for aesthetic effect, creating otherworldly art that on the surface, at least, seemed natural.

Today, more than anything, art looks ahead. Paintings are not tied to specific traditions as they once were, but they can be if the artist so chooses. Paintings are not merely collectors' investments, they are windows to the soul of both the artist and the onlooker. When you see someone who catches sight of a breathtaking piece of art for the first time, you see them at their most unguarded moment.

So what painting reflects your inner beauty? If you really want to know, you only need to take this quiz to find out.

How overtly passionate are you?

It's my thing.

Not at all

A bit, but not too much

I don't express it much.

What do you like to read?

Mythology

Biographies

Mysteries

Poetry

If you're honest, how honest are you?

Honestly? Not very.

I believe in extreme, brutal honesty.

I think honesty is a thing you can take too far.

I will never know, so long as I cannot be honest with myself.

What most strongly conveys comfort to you?

A robe

A fur

A home

Warm colors

How would you rate your intelligence?

About average

I have no way to objectively measure.

Well, I'm very good with puzzles.

Intelligence is an illusion.

Are you uncompromising?

I'm willing to cut a corner here and there if necessary.

I'm willing to compromise on anything but my sense of self.

I will take my time with everything I deem important.

I will not bend.

Are you traditional?

100%

I believe in pushing the boundaries a little.

I think the bounds of tradition are only broken when new traditions are formed.

Traditionalism is stupid.

What word would your friends use to describe you?

Partier

Unflinching

Intelligent

Odd

Would you say you are self-centered?

A bit, maybe

Very, but in a good way!

I can only see things from these two eyes.

I aim to destroy the self.

How playful are you?

A bit!

Not at all

I'm very playful.

My playfulness is formless and eternal.

What do you think of when you hear the word "void"?

An endless ocean

A painting without a person in it

The starry night sky

Navy blue

Are you bold?

I'm not overly bold. I feel bold.

I will take bold action without fear.

I have bold ideas.

My feelings are bold and unapologetic.

Would you say you're sensual?

Very

Not at all

About average, I think.

Above average

Could you be accused of being staid?

Not very

Very

I'm dignified, but not staid.

I'm plaid, not staid.

How sociable are you?

I prefer to make a dramatic entrance and not speak.

I keep to myself.

I do well with crowds.

I understand other people.

Would someone meeting you for the first time call you elegant?

I'm a bit baroque.

Yep

I'm a fan of overstatement.

I'm totally minimalist.

Are you capable of being respectful of history?

Very!

I respect the moment more.

As respectful as anyone can be of something dead

Respectful enough

Can you be honest about your own flaws?

I have flaws?!

Totally crystal clear

Enough that I try to downplay them

The only enemy of innocence and youth is time.

How crafty are you?

I'm not crafty at all.

I'm fairly clever, but I'm not perfect by any means.

I'm incredibly clever, if I do say so myself.

Intelligence isn't my forte.

Are you avant-garde?

I'm too old-fashioned for that.

A bit

I'm very much of the moment.

I'm totally avant-garde.

Do others envy you?

Many envy me, and few can compare.

Those who know themselves and know me should envy me.

Not enough

Not many envy me.

Are you a privileged person?

Somewhat, because of how I come across

Very

Few have more privilege.

Not at all

How much kindness are you capable of?

I'm kind, but in a very maternal way.

None

Plenty!

It's not my natural instinct.

Would you say you're unconventional?

I'm totally conventional in every way.

I like to play with conventions a bit.

I'm conventional in form, unconventional in function.

I'm against convention and norms and challenge them at every turn.

Could you be called a private person?

Yep. I keep my freakishness under wraps.

I like to put myself out there, warts and all.

I'm a total extrovert who can't help but inject a little vitamin me into everything.

Privacy is an impediment between the self and total truth.

How studious are you?

I love studying stories of people from the past.

Discipline and study are my strengths.

I'm a quick study.

I can study, but then I must forget.

Are you talented?

I have my strengths.

I have something special.

I'm very talented.

All I am is talent, unbounded by much more than a simple technique.

Do you feel like others value you?

Some say I'm more valuable than anything or anyone.

I don't know.

I'm... necessary.

I'm barely known, but my work is very important.

Where would you go if you had the means?

A Greek isle

A lake in the Alps

A palace

New York

What musical artist speaks to you?

Mozart

Imogen Heap

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Philip Glass

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